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The botanist Ana Crespo de las Casas, one of the most outstanding scientists of our country, is in Murcia, where she chairs the commission that will evaluate the call for contracts to incorporate highly qualified research staff to research groups at the University of Murcia.

The fact that they are aimed at technicians of high qualification makes this call virtually unique in the national panorama.

The aids are framed in the Plan of Investigation, and aim to improve the effectiveness of the research activity carried out at the University of Murcia.

"I do not know of any call with these characteristics on the national scene," says Ana Crespo, who points out that, although universities are still not fully aware of it, "the subject of technicians is very basic in research, it is very important That this is considered as a priority, so I congratulate the University of Murcia for this call. "

A professor of botany at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ana Crespo de las Casas became the third woman to become part of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of the 54 members who made it.

Crespo defends how much women can contribute to science, and therefore calls for a quota system to accelerate their incorporation into this field in which it is called to be crucial, since "the percentage of women who have joined the Research is so great that the quarry of competent women is enormous. "

Ana Crespo is an international authority in evolutionary, systematic and ecological research, has held several positions of responsibility in several governments on research and university issues: Director General of the Office of the Secretary of State for Universities and Research and Director General of Universities Between 1987 and 1993, and General Coordinator of the National Evaluation Commission for Research Activity (CNEAI) between 2005 and 2008. According to her, "When a research group is directed, the most important thing is to appreciate the talent in people Young people, and knowing how to find the one who has added value ".

He affirms that the scientific race "is a kind of snowball: there is never ceiling, and there is always a self-stimulation that can not be stopped", adding that "it is very difficult to train a scientist, which makes it To miss out on a talent. "

He says cutting back on research is "choosing the wrong path," and advocates precisely for growth in research, development and innovation to get out of the crisis.

Ana Crespo says that it is crucial for Spain to recover the scientists who went to other countries: "We have to recover them, we can not be mere exporters of talent", while defending the importance of teaching university teaching under the best conditions "University education is absolutely basic for what society is, if the university does not work, society does not work. We play a lot if we do not get university education to produce the professionals that 21st century society is in need of."

Source: Universidad de Murcia